Why do newer CD releases sound different?

[not2cool4u]

This question is currently plaguing me. I apologize if it has been covered before.

Since we already know that when a master tape is digitized or a digital master created, how is that new releases that are remastered sound different?

What has changed? If the CD's originally released were exact copies of the master in the first place what happened?

Was there some flaw in the original transfer?
Did new technology appear that made it easy to remove old tape hiss and other noise to improve the sound?

Was dither introduced that had not been present on the old releases?

Thanks in Advance for any answers.


N.T.C.

 

[Bigt]

I think you misunderstand what remastering is. It is essentially redoing - remixing, reequalizing, reprossesing - a recorded performance, normally from the original tracks (there can be anywhere from one to scores of tracks), creating a new master. If no changes are made, the CD is considered a reissue.

 

[not2cool4u]

I think you misunderstand what remastering is. It is essentially redoing - remixing, reequalizing, reprossesing - a recorded performance, normally from the original tracks (there can be anywhere from one to scores of tracks), creating a new master. If no changes are made, the CD is considered a reissue.

There are cases like the Columbia resissues with Super Bit Mapping that claim to be using the original master but using new technology to reveal more detail.

Some folks think this means there was something wrong with the original versions making them less accurate than the reissues. I simply think that this is using newer technology to reveal what was present but because of the limits of older technology, could not be recreated, yet still made the originals better than the LP versions that existed at the time.

Am I correct or were the LP versions truer than the old CD versions?

Assuming no other remixing was done and all that was done was fleshing out the detail through new technology, how would you describe the reissues?

I'm sorry if this is sorta convoluted, but I'm not really up on digital technolgy, I just know I'd rather listen to any CD over an LP, but I would like to know how they get better sound from the same master if they don't actually remix the music, or is that just marekting hype?

 

[pipelineaudio]

Its all about the deranged volume wars

Every disc has to be louder than the last one

DESTROY the dynamics

DESTROY the low frequencies

DESTROY the stereo image if you have to

ANTHING to make it LOUDER

IT BETTER SOUND LIKE TYPING IN ALL CAPS OR YOU ARENT DOING YOUR JOB

16 bits on a cd and we now use only 2-4 of them

pathetic

 

[jimlintott]

Its all about the deranged volume wars

Every disc has to be louder than the last one

DESTROY the dynamics

DESTROY the low frequencies

DESTROY the stereo image if you have to

ANTHING to make it LOUDER

IT BETTER SOUND LIKE TYPING IN ALL CAPS OR YOU ARENT DOING YOUR JOB

16 bits on a cd and we now use only 2-4 of them

pathetic

BUT COMPRESSION SOUNDS SO GOOD ON BOOM BOXES AND CAR STEREOS AND HOME THEATRE'S WITH SPEAKERS THE SIZE OF A LARGE POTATO.